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>> one vancouver man did. jumping into the middle of a crime despite the fact that he is a paraplegic. as you can imagine, he is redefining what it means to be a superhero. ctv's john woodward has more. >> reporter: the moment of astonishing bravery was captured on security camera footage. a man threatens a convenience store clerk and another man in a wheelchair rolls up, grabs the man by the throat, they wrestle and end up on the floor. other store patrons hold the man until the police arrive. >> what made me do that was inside of me. and it's not -- has nothing to do with disability. >> reporter: that unexpected heroism has landed larry scopnik on national news. >> larry scopnik, vancouver. thank you for talking to us today, congratulations. >> it's been really crazy. lots of phone calls, lots of people wanting my time and attention. >> he always helps, you know. he helped the community. that was just larry all the time. >> reporter: james willis has known larry for 15 years. the pair fly gliders with the ch
>> one vancouver man did. jumping into the middle of a crime despite the fact that he is a paraplegic. as you can imagine, he is redefining what it means to be a superhero. ctv's john woodward has more. >> reporter: the moment of astonishing bravery was captured on security camera footage. a man threatens a convenience store clerk and another man in a wheelchair rolls up, grabs the man by the throat, they wrestle and end up on the floor. other store patrons hold the man until the...
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. >> vancouver, ontario, all those places, man. wow. those strip clubs are awesome. >> that's the canadian federal government. >> thank you for the strip clubs. >> all right. nicky? >> i'm a libertarian so there is little i would say. but he wrote the letter and got a medal of honor. i may consider my positions going forward. >> how about you, andrew? >> i would say the grants the government has been giving for education, a lot of college students. on my way here i was reading the average college president makes over $1 million a year. >> i saw that. >> while us college kids of that age are getting totally -- >> i don't know if it was the average guy. i think there were a couple over a million. i don't think it was the average. i may be wrong. i think there were a couple over. >> maybe i read it too fast. maybe i should check my facts before i'm on cnn. >> we have another question when we come back. don't touch that remote. >> you could decrease the cost of health care in the united states by 25% and still improve care. we know that bec
. >> vancouver, ontario, all those places, man. wow. those strip clubs are awesome. >> that's the canadian federal government. >> thank you for the strip clubs. >> all right. nicky? >> i'm a libertarian so there is little i would say. but he wrote the letter and got a medal of honor. i may consider my positions going forward. >> how about you, andrew? >> i would say the grants the government has been giving for education, a lot of college students. on...
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very funny here from "the vancouver sun." most people find babies on planes extraordinarily annoying. i'm one of those people. they evidently cry. i love kids but not on a plane, it gets kind of crazy. anyway. this couple, they were on their way home last thanksgiving, from vegas back to edmonton. they had their 8-month-old son levi. we've all been in that situation. they rush to get to the gate, they pass through security, 20 minutes to spare. before the flight takes off. as they approach the boarding gate the little boy soils himself so badly they had to take the kid to the bathroom to clean himself, to replace his diaper. it was a mess. anyway. the airline found out about it and said, you've got to get on a new flight, pay $1,000 to change the flight because you missed the plane. the airline felt bad, they got a call saying we'll reimburse you the grand to get the new plane tickets because your kid was in the bathroom. yeah, little levi, had some bad mexican, but they took care of it. >> this one's pretty interesting. so p
very funny here from "the vancouver sun." most people find babies on planes extraordinarily annoying. i'm one of those people. they evidently cry. i love kids but not on a plane, it gets kind of crazy. anyway. this couple, they were on their way home last thanksgiving, from vegas back to edmonton. they had their 8-month-old son levi. we've all been in that situation. they rush to get to the gate, they pass through security, 20 minutes to spare. before the flight takes off. as they...
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the vancouver sun newspaper reports he was a 9-year-old boy. another victim is this man, 33-year-old malcolm johnson, a realtor from british columbia, and his parents tell the canadian broadcasting company he got married at the resort three days earlier and he had gone down to the lobby to get coffee for his new wife. his wife and their 1-year-old daughter were not hurt. the attorney general's office says the explosion was probably caused by a build-up of natural gas that caught on fire, but that is still under investigation. >>> president obama calls for earmark reform. republicans like mitt romney and mitch mcconnell are on board for this earmark ban. is this a sign the freshman congressional class is making their mark? i'm joined by wolf blitzer. wolf, with both sides in agreement that something needs to be done about earmarks, sounds like an easy sell. >> you've got the republican leadership on board, now that mitch mcconnell says he will support banning earmarks. boehner wants to do away with earmarks, as well. and you have the president o
the vancouver sun newspaper reports he was a 9-year-old boy. another victim is this man, 33-year-old malcolm johnson, a realtor from british columbia, and his parents tell the canadian broadcasting company he got married at the resort three days earlier and he had gone down to the lobby to get coffee for his new wife. his wife and their 1-year-old daughter were not hurt. the attorney general's office says the explosion was probably caused by a build-up of natural gas that caught on fire, but...
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host: vancouver, washington, the republican line. caller: do you know if the [unintelligible] has any way of knowing about the convention and if you will bring it up to south america or anything like that? my daughter was taken down there by my ex-wife. i have been going through this for years now. i realize to do not work for the state department or anything. does he have any plans to visit south america? guest: nothing that i know of it. he is certainly going to have to do that during the course of his presidency because it is enormously important to the united states, and it is increasingly important especially economically. we have countries like brazil moving into the no. 4 spot in terms of the world's largest economies. host: falls church, va., on our independence line. caller: i was going to ask a generic question initially, and then maybe focus it. i know the u.s. congress once sworn in gets the visit by the special interests, covering many areas of the world. the most influential of being the american and israeli political a
host: vancouver, washington, the republican line. caller: do you know if the [unintelligible] has any way of knowing about the convention and if you will bring it up to south america or anything like that? my daughter was taken down there by my ex-wife. i have been going through this for years now. i realize to do not work for the state department or anything. does he have any plans to visit south america? guest: nothing that i know of it. he is certainly going to have to do that during the...